Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 10:48AM The "Stem Chair" is Paris-based designer Patrick Norguet's first collaboration with Italian furniture brand Crassevig. The design comes from Norguet's exploration of industrial production processes in combination with different materials. The delicate design draws its organic and subtly curved form from that of old European terrace or balcony wrought-iron fences.
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 11:39AM Across the street from Philip Johnson's Glass House, is the private residence he designed in 1951 for Richard Hodgson and his family. Lovingly restored by Craig Bassam and Scott Bellows of BassamFellows. Their own furniture designs harmonize nicely with the pieces that were designed for the house by Johnson’s office and postwar classics by Poul Kjaerholm and Hans Wegner. via
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 11:28AM I love the shabby chic of this industrial loft. The owners are also owners of "Dusty Deco", the online store based in Stockholm. With its delicate balance of minimalism, like the stark white floors, they have developed a wonderful sense of modernism and whimsy.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 9:53PM Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec will present a wooden bird called L’Oiseau, at this years Salone del Mobile in Milan. The bird will be a companion to one of my favourites Vitra pieces, the Eames House Bird, which the Eames’s discovered on their travels and whose original designer remains unknown.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 9:31PM The Spanish designer Jaime Hayón designed this new sofa for the Danish manufacturer Fritz Hansen. On the occasion of this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile Fritz Hansen will present ‘Favn’ (which means "embrace"in Danish), available in ten different colour combinations.
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7:55PM This "shed" sits on a sunbaked Australian plain as a refuge from the harsh elements. The home is another short listed entry in the 2011 Australian Interior Design Awards. The wonderfully serene and cool home is Hill Plain House in Victoria, Australia by Wolveridge Architects.
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7:52PM British architect John Pawson has designed images of ribbons to show support for Japan that can be downloaded in exchange for a donation to disaster relief following the earthquake and tsunami earlier this month.
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:32AM This house is on the outskirts of Leiria, in a high position overlooking the city. The rooms are built around a void, that collects light from above and gazes at the castle in the city centre. The house, a recognizable archetype, is completely devoid of windows. The result is both sculptural and dramatic.
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:25AM This “residence in the mountain village” by MMBB is constructed using a reinforced concrete structure made of plastic shapes for the waffle slab. All the walls of the house were made in mortar, all glass is free of frames, the internal floors in graniteware and external concrete sanded. The roof slab is protected with a water surface. The outer walls are shaded with a panel made of industrial wood and cement pressed. Stunning effect.
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 3:49PM The Norwegian deisgner Andreas Engesvik, co-founder of his former studio Norway Says, and the Norwegian design duo StokkeAustad realised these charming wooden owl sculptures, called Bubo Bubo, on the occasion of an exhibition to Designblok in Prague in 2010.
